A look at a story that contained a lot of firsts – the first appearance of Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who, the first appearance of Liz Shaw, the first story to be filmed entirely in color and on film, the first appearance of the Autons…

In this post I look back at one of my favorite early releases, Excelis Rising – a Fifth Doctor Adventure in which he encounters the warlord Grayvorn (played by Buffy’s Anthony Stewart Head) and the transdimensional adventuress Iris Wildthyme (Katy Manning).